Sports Digest

American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin easily won the World Cup slalom opener, beating reigning Olympic champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch by more than a second Saturday at Levi, Finland.

Shiffrin, the slalom world champion, led by half a second after the first run and raced seamlessly at the top of the hill in the second to extend her advantage. She overcame a mistake near the end to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 55.07 seconds.

WORLD CUP: Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger wound up winning the women’s season opener at Lillehammer, Norway, finishing two runs in 1 minute, 35.847 seconds for her country’s 122nd gold medal in the last 126 races on the circuit. Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova was second in 1:36.031.

Julia Clukey of Augusta, Maine, finished 19th.

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP: The Czech Republic swept past Serbia in the doubles for a 2-1 lead at Belgrade, Serbia.

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